Cloud Computing Solutions
Moving your business to the cloud cuts costs, scales effortlessly as you grow, boosts security and reliability, and lets your team work faster from anywhere.
IT West provide a comprehensive range of Cloud Computing Solutions and Services. Our impartial approach to cloud solutions ensure you get the best fit for your business. Our own servers provide all the benefits the cloud has to offer whilst giving you that extra level of confidence and control. We remove all the mystery about the cloud and deliver a physical environment you can understand.
Cloud Computing Services Overview
Our cloud computing solutions help businesses work more efficiently, securely and flexibly. By moving key systems and data to the cloud, we reduce on‑premise servers reliance, improve uptime and enable secure access from anywhere. We design cloud environments that are reliable, cost‑effective and tailored to your business needs.
While we strongly support cloud technologies and recognise the significant benefits they offer, we also understand that the cloud isn’t the right fit for every organisation. We take an impartial approach, working with you to design the network, system and data‑management setup that best suits your operational and financial requirements.
Most business IT environments fall into one of three categories:
- Cloud-Based
- On‑Premises
- Hybrid (Cloud + On‑Premises)
Each option has its own advantages and considerations. We review your goals, workloads and budget to help you choose the solution that will work best for your organisation, now and in the future.
What are the benefits of Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing offers significant benefits such as cost savings, shifting from capital to operational expenses and scalability, allowing resources to adjust on demand. It enhances flexibility, mobility and collaboration by enabling access from anywhere. It supports disaster recovery and business continuity plans, provides robust security, boosts performance and streamlines updates. Cloud technologies allow your business to focus on growth and innovation rather than infrastructure management.
Key Benefits of Cloud Computing are:
Cost Savings: Reduces upfront investment in hardware and data centers; pay-as-you-go models lower operational costs.
Scalability & Flexibility: Easily scale resources (storage, computing power) up or down to meet demand, offering agility.
Mobility & Accessibility: Access applications and data from any device, anywhere with an internet connection, supporting remote work.
Enhanced Collaboration: Centralised platforms enable teams to work together on documents and projects seamlessly.
Improved Security: Solutions often offer advanced security measures and centralised data protection, sometimes better than on-premise solutions. Importantly not all cloud technologies are secure by default. Most need to be configured correcctly to ensure appropraite security.
Reliability & Disaster Recovery: Off-site data centers and robust backups ensure business continuity and data protection.
Automatic Updates: Providers manage software updates, ensuring you always have the latest features and security patches.
Faster Deployment: Quickly deploy new applications and services, reducing time-to-market.
Focus on Core Business: Reduces IT overhead, allowing teams to focus on innovation and business goals.
Environmental Efficiency: Reduces physical hardware, contributing to sustainability.
Cloud Migration Services
We manage the full cloud migration process, from planning and risk assessment to deployment and post-migration support. Whether you’re moving email, files or servers, we help you minimise downtime and avoid data loss. Our structured approach allows your business to transition to the cloud smoothly and confidently.
Microsoft 365 & Cloud Productivity
We deploy and manage Microsoft 365 to help your team collaborate securely and work productively from any location. This includes business email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, all configured with security best practices. We also provide user support and training to ensure your team gets the most from the platform.
Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery
Our cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions protect your business from data loss, cyberattacks and system failures. Data is backed up automatically to secure UK-based data centres, allowing rapid recovery if the worst happens. This ensures business continuity and peace of mind. Out cloud based backup services seamlessly integrate into our business continuity services. This facilitates rapidy system recovery if required.
Cloud Security & Compliance
Security is built into every cloud solution we deliver. We implement access controls, multi-factor authentication, encryption and continuous monitoring to protect your data. For UK businesses, we ensure cloud environments are configured to support GDPR and data protection requirements.
Cloud Hosting & Infrastructure
We provide secure cloud hosting for servers, applications and virtual desktops. Our cloud infrastructure delivers high availability, scalability and predictable costs without the expense of maintaining physical servers. As your business grows, your cloud environment grows with you.
Hybrid & Remote Working Solutions
We design hybrid cloud solutions that combine on-premise systems with cloud services, allowing flexibility without disruption. This supports secure remote working, multiple office locations and mobile teams while maintaining performance and security.
Cloud Support & Management
Our local support team provides ongoing monitoring, maintenance and optimisation of your cloud environment. We handle updates, performance issues and security management, so you can focus on running your business while we keep your cloud systems running smoothly.
Why Choose Our Cloud Solutions?
We deliver cloud computing solutions designed around your business, not one-size-fits-all packages. With a local support team, proven expertise and a proactive approach, we help businesses reduce costs, improve security and scale with confidence. Being technology agnostic we design IT solutions that are specific to your needs.
Business Cloud Computer Systems FAQs
1. What is Cloud to Cloud?
Cloud-to-cloud (C2C) refers to processes like integration, backup, or migration between different cloud services (Microsoft 365 to a 3rd party cloud backup service), allowing data and workflows to move between platforms, ensuring flexibility, security and business continuity by avoiding reliance on a single provider and protecting against outages or threats. It’s essentially making one cloud talk to another or backing up one cloud into another for redundancy.
2. What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing delivers on-demand computing services – like servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics and AI – over the internet (“the cloud”) from a remote data center, allowing users to access resources as needed, instead of owning and maintaining their own physical infrastructure. It provides flexibility, scalability and cost savings by letting businesses and individuals use powerful IT resources from providers like Microsoft Azure without the upfront investment in hardware.
3. What are business cloud computer systems?
Business cloud computer systems are IT systems hosted in secure data centres rather than in on-site servers. They allow businesses to access applications, files and desktops over the internet, providing greater flexibility, reliability and scalability compared to traditional systems.
4. How do cloud computer systems benefit businesses?
Cloud computer systems help businesses reduce IT costs, improve system reliability and support remote working. They remove the need for expensive on-site hardware while allowing systems to scale easily as the business grows.
5. Are business cloud computer systems secure?
Yes. Most business cloud computer systems are secured using encryption, access controls, multi-factor authentication and continuous monitoring. As a UK provider, we ensure systems are hosted in secure data centres and configured to meet data protection and GDPR requirements.
6. Can our team access cloud computer systems remotely?
Yes. Cloud computer systems allow staff to securely access files, applications and desktops from the office, home, or on the move. This supports flexible and hybrid working without compromising security or performance.
7. What happens if there is a system failure or data loss?
Cloud computer systems include automated backups and disaster recovery. If a failure occurs, data can be restored quickly from secure backups, helping minimise downtime and keep your business running. We also provide secondary backup services for critical data from a separate supplier to your core cloud provider. Alternatively we can provide automated local backup of cloud data to your premises giving you the confidence that your data is always secure and accesible.
8. How much do business cloud computer systems cost in the UK?
Business cloud computer systems are usually charged on a predictable monthly basis, per user or per service. This removes large upfront costs and allows businesses to scale their IT systems up or down as needed. Please contact us for a quotation.
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